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462. Lalganj

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Uttar Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-LALGANJ

BSP 36.7%won by 8.9%SP 27.8%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Janata Dal (JD) lost it to Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), which now leads by 8.9%.

  • BSP vote shareBSP went from 20.8% to 36.7% of the vote here (+15.9%).
  • New challengerSamajwadi Party (SP) finished second with 27.8% — it did not contest here in 1991.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 64.6% of the vote between them, up from 54.6% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 3.1% to 46.6%.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
13,02,152
Turnout
46.6%
Valid votes
6,06,970
Margin
54,190
8.93%

Candidates

21 contested · winner BSP
  1. 1BALI RAMBahujan Samaj Party · BSP2,23,04336.7%
  2. 2DAROGA PRASHAD SAROJSamajwadi Party · SP1,68,85327.8%
  3. 3SHYAM DHARBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,68,81327.8%
  4. 4RAM BADANIndian National Congress · INC11,8672.0%
  5. 5BAL ROOPABLTP · ABLTP6,7181.1%
  6. 6MISHRI LAL SONKARBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS4,9460.8%
  7. 7RAM AVADHIndependent · IND4,7980.8%
  8. 8RAM RAJIndependent · IND3,3680.6%
  9. 9NARSINGHIndependent · IND3,1680.5%
  10. 10GYAN RAMAIICT · AIICT1,9640.3%
  11. 11SARAN GAUTAMRPI · RPI1,6940.3%
  12. 12BINDA ALIAS BINDRA PRASHADIndependent · IND1,5350.3%
  13. 13VIJAYIndependent · IND1,4060.2%
  14. 14RAMESH SONKARIndependent · IND1,3400.2%
  15. 15VIJAYIIndependent · IND1,0970.2%
  16. 16SHIKANDERIndependent · IND5510.1%
  17. 17JITENDER PRASHADIndependent · IND5160.1%
  18. 18RAJ DHARIIndependent · IND4430.1%
  19. 19RAM AVTARIndependent · IND4080.1%
  20. 20RAJ NATHIndependent · IND3050.1%
  21. 21RADHEY SHYAM PASWANIndependent · IND1370.0%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
JD
Winner now
BSPflipped
BSP–SP swing
−11.9%
BSP share
20.8% → 36.7%
SP share
0.0% → 27.8%
Turnout
43.5% → 46.6%
461. Azamgarh463. Machhlishahr
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